The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-02

| mortgagOr OF a STOCK OF goods or a stock il
trade shall be required to file an inventor,
of sale of additions to his stock every sixty
days; relating to the conveyance of incum
bered land, without notice of incumbran
| to the purchaser.
| MADISON, March 24.-Bills were passed
| To relnstate and revive the compensation
| OF the Legislative employees, according &c
| the law OF 1888; relating to exemptions
and amendatory OF the revised statutes O
| 1878. It permits hired girls and menials
to seize al articles for wages, except "sa
| cred articles constituting the counties O
| Ash6eld, Bayfield,, Sawyer, Price, Taylor
and Oneida the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit
| The following Assembly bills were con
CURED 10: To authorize the organization
OF loca! fire insurance companies; to pro
/ vide that the mortgage, OF q stock o
| goods or a stock in trade shall b. required
| TO file an inventory of sales and additions
| to his stock every sixty days; to prohibit
| the holding OF elections in saloons; relating
to gambling at agricultural fairs. 1T pro
1 hlbit State aid to any society permit rs
gambling and liquor selling on its grounds,
| To prevent deception in the sale OF cheese
| MADISON, tarch 25.-Bills were passed
/ To authorize the Governor to prosecute
| and settle the claims OF tie State against
| the United States; to provide for the giving
| OF temporary aid to old soldiers without
requiring the removal of the INDECENT per
| sons to any poor or almsnouse; to provide
| for the publication and distribution OF q
| second edition OF the roster of the Wiscon
/ sin volunteers. Assembly bills were con
| cUrred in: Providing that no mortgage
given by a married man on beds and other
| articles of necessity in the household shall
| be valid unless signed by the wife; inhicting
| the penalty of Imprisonment for not less
| than fifteen days in the county Jail
on any parent who shall desert his or
her family, which may be in destitute
| circumstances; authorizing any county,
| town, city or village to levy tax not to
| exceed five mills on dollar to build
| bridges over streams running through or
| between such towns, counties, or cities
providing that elections in any city in the
State OF more than $4,000 inhabitants
shall be carried on at polls in precincts
which do not contain more than 40C
voters; requiring corporations formed fol
the purpose OF maintaining hospitals ior
the support OF tres tment OF insane pa
| tients, to deposit with the Secretary o.
State bond OF sufficient value TO insure
| the State against loss on account ofany per
| son brought from outside the State fol-
| treatment at the hospital under the charge
OF such corporation.
| Assembly.
| MADISON, March 21.-Among the bill.
passed were those to fix the salary OF tht
county Judge OF Winnebago County al
/ 81 900; to prohibit the licensing or keepinI
| for sale of any Intoxicating liquors within
| one mile OF the boundary OF any city, towI
| or village where licenses for such purposes
are not granted; and TO provide for the ap
| pointment of four game warGens to enforce
the game laws at a salary OF $500 pei
| year.
! MADISON, March 22.-Bills were passed
| appropriating 500 to the Wisconsin
| Woo! Growers and Sheep Breeders Asso
citation; 500 to the Central Wisconsin
Sheep Breeders and Wool Growers Asso
citation; 500 to the Columbia County
| Wool Growers Association, and 500 tC
the Southern Wisconsin Sheep Breed
ers' and Wool Growers Associa
| ton for publication purposes; max
| ing the governor, state superintendent
and the president of the state university
ex-oficio men bers OF the board OF univer
sity regents: { o prevent delays in the trials
| of actions or proceedings wherein prejudice
of the circuit Judge is alleged, and ameuda
| tory OF chapter 119 OF the revised statutes
relating to the foreclosure OF ehattel mort
cages, relating to excise and the sale OF in
Uoxicating liquors; requiring cases
been made by the supreme court
| to be brought, If at all, within
one year from the date OF removal; relat-
| ing to the annual reports to be required oi
| insurance companies; permitting the
| insurance commissioner to condense
such reports and requiring condensed
statements to be published in the
| official state paper six successive days
and for a like period in a Milwaukee news
paper; to authorize the State Board o.
Supervision to purchase machinery and
| carry on the business OF manufacturing IL
| the Wisconsin state prison. The Senate
| bill was non concurred in prohibiting any
property from being insured against fire
| for more than four-ffths OF it's actua
| value.
| MADISON, March 23.-The senate Joint
resolution requesting the governor to re
| turn the bill incorporating the city OF Ash.
land, WAS concurred in. Bills we're passed
Amending the charter of the cities of Fond
| du Lac and Stoughtop, and to incorporate
| the city OF Durand. The bill to incorpor.
| ate the city of Rice Lake was passed. The
| bill providing that an alien, not resident
| OF this state or OF the United States, may
acquire and hold lands in this state
| for manufacturing, commercial. agri-
| cultural and mining purposes, bu,
not more than $50 acres, but il
any lands so held by any non-res
| dent alien for said purposes shall remain
without being used for said purposes foI
| five consecutive years, all the right and
| title OF any such alien in or to such lands
shall be forfeited to the psrson from whom
| it was last acquired or his heirs, ii reel
| dent in the United States, and if not so q
| resident then to the state of Wisconsin, was
| ordered engrossed and read a third time.
MADISON, March 24.-The memorial to
Congress aying for the restriction OF the
| immigration OF tie foreign defective, de
| pendent and vicious classes was concurred
| in. Senate bills were concurred in: Max
ing the carnal knowledge OF a girl under Ia
years OF age punishable by life imprison
| ment; permitting common councils or vii
| lage boards to prohibit the sale of intoxi
| eating liquor for the period OF six months
to any person who during the previous
| year has been convicted of drunkenness
Bills were passed: Requiring the State
| pension agent to maintain his Office at
Madison, and to devote his entire time to
| the duties of his Office, and to pay at least
| one visit annually to each county in the
/ State to enable old soldiers to present their
cases to him; agreeing to a proposition,
| adopted by the legislature OF 1885, for q
| constitutional amendment vesting the su-
pervision of the common schools in a State
| superintendent and such other officers as
| the Legislature may direct, and empower.
! ing the Legislature TO prescribe the duties
| of the superintendent and other officers
/ as well as permitting the Legislature to
prescribe the date OF the election of the su-
perintendent and other school officers; pro-
hibiting school districts from borrowing
money for longer period than twenty
years, instead OF ten as at present: making
| the sale, giving away or exhibiting obscene
! literature or illustrations punishable By q
| maximum imprisonment OF three months
! or by a fine not TO exceed S100. At the
| evening session the committee on agricul
| ture made report recommending for in,
| definite postponement the bill to establish
| an agricultural college and the bill to appro-
/ pirate S1c0, 600 to purchase grounds in
Milwaukee for the State Agricultural
| Society.
MADISON. March 25.-The governor re
| turned without his approval the bill max
| ing the wrongful taking of dogs larceny, on
| the ground that it raised the dog to a
| dignity above other domestic animals and
| that it might conflict with other laws now
| existing. The veto was sustained BY a
| vote of 81 to 9. Sena te bills were concur.
red in as follows Permitting the mother oi
| minor child, in case Of the death OF the
father. to appoint a guardian for such